Recreations in Physical Geography; or, The Earth as it is |
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... includes almost every branch of natural philosophy , there is nothing in this science to deter the uninitiated from its pursuit . The student is neither called upon to collect facts , nor to draw inferences from facts which have been ...
... includes almost every branch of natural philosophy , there is nothing in this science to deter the uninitiated from its pursuit . The student is neither called upon to collect facts , nor to draw inferences from facts which have been ...
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... includes the vast pampas , or unvaried plains of Buenos Ayres , which extend westward to the foot of the Andes , and southward to the cheerless wastes of Patagonia . The plains to which we have hitherto directed our atten- tion , are ...
... includes the vast pampas , or unvaried plains of Buenos Ayres , which extend westward to the foot of the Andes , and southward to the cheerless wastes of Patagonia . The plains to which we have hitherto directed our atten- tion , are ...
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... includes Tibet and the deserts of Cobi and Shamoo . This grand plateau is considered to have an elevation of from 9000 to 10,000 feet , or more , above the level of the sea . In Persia we also meet with a table - land of considerable ...
... includes Tibet and the deserts of Cobi and Shamoo . This grand plateau is considered to have an elevation of from 9000 to 10,000 feet , or more , above the level of the sea . In Persia we also meet with a table - land of considerable ...
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... include some very remarkable species , such as the malleus , or hammer - shaped oyster ; and the tridacna gigas , the largest known bivalve , the shell sometimes , measuring four feet in length , and the whole animal being of the ...
... include some very remarkable species , such as the malleus , or hammer - shaped oyster ; and the tridacna gigas , the largest known bivalve , the shell sometimes , measuring four feet in length , and the whole animal being of the ...
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... includes tropical America ; and of the coun- tries which it contains , Brazil stands pre - eminent , Mexico is the next in order , and after these Guiana and Colombia . 2. The Isles of Sunda , the portion of the Asiatic main- land ...
... includes tropical America ; and of the coun- tries which it contains , Brazil stands pre - eminent , Mexico is the next in order , and after these Guiana and Colombia . 2. The Isles of Sunda , the portion of the Asiatic main- land ...
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